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Post by Veinexes on Jun 5, 2018 2:56:41 GMT
Helia jostled slightly as Berry grabbed her arm, the energetic bug trainer was something new to her as well. First off she had never thought of herself as pretty, or attractive but Berry had said otherwise. Second her uniform way of doing things and orderly manner were helpless against the chaotic energy she was producing on an almost constant basis. Slowly she was being peeled out of her shell the more she stayed with this girl.
The exit was easily passed through as the Gastly above continued their movements, whether they noticed the two below them or not was unknown. Passing through the entrance a new icy wonderland was seen as a massive sheet of the forzen terrain covered the ground. In the center of the area was another statue, perhaps this used to be a fountain of some sort. The ice rink-like area seemed to have more columns and buildings surrounding it. Finally a few more in tact statues stood at the far end of the cavern. Looking like some form of mechanical knight mixed with a maid.
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Post by darkoda on Jun 6, 2018 4:03:28 GMT
Berry ran and then skated into the new room, her feet very quickly losing any kind of traction on the icy ground but the girl in her normal energy refusing to stop, instead skidding forward on ice in the most extreme way to learn skating ever. “Wooo! This is fun! Why do people say that ice skating is hard?”
Behind her, the firebug and ghost that were keeping her balanced as she charged ahead rolled their eyes and as one lifted off of her. The results were immediate, one Berry promptly started tilting and scrambling and ending up wrapping herself around Helia like a limpet to avoid ending up on her back. It took all of a couple of seconds and her pokemon’s snickering for her to notice her position and see no issues with this given how she just relaxed to a normal hug.
“It really is like a giant ice rink with new statues. This place….it must have been even more amazing when it was in its time. Looks like they had a thing for knights too; a knight priestess looking one before, maid knight now………”
A thought went through her head at that, one that had Berry’s eyes going from the statue to one knight Helia. “Maid knight…..” Wherever her thought were drifting too, despite the cold Berry’s face was rapidly becoming redder?!
Meanwhile, a mischevious ghost named Bell decided to actually look around the place so they didn’t get snuck up on.
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Post by Veinexes on Jun 6, 2018 4:21:32 GMT
Helia smiled and then panicked when Berry loss her balance and wrapped about her. The immediate reaction was to tightly hug back, the two squeezing around each other to slow down and maintain balance. Once they had finally stopped Helia matched Beery's blush as she realized their predicament. "Yeah, it seems like a very Matriarchal society." As they continued to look around as Bell did. Bell would spot something phasing between the statues surrounding the rink. It seemed to be watching the group.
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Post by darkoda on Jun 6, 2018 5:15:22 GMT
Bell upon seeing the something and that it was actively spying on her trainer she would have just shot back over to Berry, but given how she seemed to be occupied and providing material for later teasing, the ghost instead turned invisible and floated back over to her trainer, reaching into her bag with the ease of practice and pointing that odd orb at where she saw the pokemon zipping around.
For her part Berry was definitely more interested in exploring with Helia at the moment. “Wonder if there’s anything still in the houses? Might be some kind of hint of this place’s history or some kind of treasure or ninja pokemon.”
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Post by Veinexes on Jun 6, 2018 5:31:29 GMT
Helia nodded and looked around the frozen lake, "How about that one," she said pointing to house that was otherwise in good condition. The space around it had a few drifts of snow. Pulling away enough to direct them to the door, Helia skated over stepping off the ice and into the snow.
Inside were signs of life, beds and dressers covered in frost, abandoned pottery and miscellaneous items. A quick search finds a few Ice Heals (x2) and a small statuette of a bird.
Froslass registered
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Post by darkoda on Jun 7, 2018 2:32:12 GMT
The Ice Heals were likely to come in handy given how very cold the place was and the ice pokemon roaming about, but she was admittedly more interested in that bird statue. Just what was it? It seemed quite familiar somehow – ohwaitthatwasanArticuno.
“I thought that the cold was why everyone left…but they might have moved here because of it. No one who keeps Articuno statues around is going to dislike the chill.”
And then Bell came charging in, holding the orb in front of face and – “A Frosslass? I…don’t know much about them. Although it may or may not be a problem that a ghost pokemon is stalking us…” Well if she wanted to know what the Froslass wanted, the fastest was to just go and ask!
Berry went back outside and waved wildly with both hands. She didn’t know where the Froslass was but hey, the pokemon was spying on them.
“Hi Froslass!”
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Post by Veinexes on Jun 8, 2018 4:19:35 GMT
Helia studied the statue while she could agreeing with Berry on the possibility that people here worshiped the climate instead of being overtaken by it. She didn't know much about Froslass's as well, other then their icy nature. She quickly followed Berry out and was amazed at her boldness of calling out to the Pokemon.
Silence followed, a calm before the storm apparently as Froslass appeared from a intangible state a few feet from Berry. it looked like it was wearing some sort of Kimono with patterns of birds repeating around it."
"What are you here for." it spoke? Well maybe spoke, it sounded like it came from everywhere, was it an echo or something else?
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Post by darkoda on Jun 8, 2018 22:38:56 GMT
Berry was practically frozen in place, the sheer amazement that was a talking Pokemon right in front of her! Well talking a language she could understand when she never met a frosslass before and those flowers and -
Berry was vibrating in place, a loud ringing building up until it burst in the form of a girl moving quite fast next to the ice Pokemon in mid squeal of cuteness overload.
"You are so huggable! Can I get a hug? Oh we're exploring because this place is cool and there was a ice fuzzy bug and ghosts and ice rinks and crystals and caves aren't supposed to be cold normally so I want to see what's making it cold and meet a bunch of Pokemon and this is maybe a date too with the cutest knight ever and how are you talking its echoing and I want to know how to do that that's a great trick!"
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Post by Veinexes on Jun 20, 2018 8:05:32 GMT
The Froslass jumped slightly, not expecting Berry's energy as it was bombarded with her exclamations and questions. Helia herself turning a slight shad of red and the mention of the "cutest knight ever" and "date" Though thinking back on it that is kinda what this had become.
After the initial shock had worn off and time had passed enough to process all Berry had asked the Froslass responded, "I'm speaking to you in your mind's, though I can talk normally it would not be understood by your kind. As for the hug, I do not know if that would be wise, not unless you like the cold a lot."
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Post by darkoda on Jun 22, 2018 0:17:42 GMT
"Ooooh, you're psychic! Wonder if we can learn how to do that, mind talking sounds cool!" Berry ignored the groan from the firebug on her back and beamed at Bell's thumbsup from the pun. "And hugs are worth being cold. They're precious, snuggly things and I like them." If she was willing to take a few burns for hugs, ice wouldn't stop her either!
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Post by Veinexes on Jun 24, 2018 1:17:40 GMT
The Pokemon was taken aback by Berry's continued sunny disposition. She wondered if anything ever got this girl down as Helia merely chuckled having expected this from the bug lover from the short time she'd known her.
"I suppose if you don't mind then you could yes, however I don't think you should stay here long, some strange things have been occuring lately. Pokemon have been getting hurt more often from invaders and I needed to make sure you weren't here to do the same. Also I do not wish to see you hurt if you happen to encounter any of those responsible."
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Post by darkoda on Jun 24, 2018 2:52:49 GMT
“Invaders have been hurting Pokemon in here?” The initial thought through Berry’s mind was that it might have something to do with that whole cave in incident they caused but then the Frosslass was talking like this was beyond the kind of battles one would expect from trainers.
Hmm, that was probably not good. This was in fact the kind of thing that someone got a knight to help out with – and since she was, unbelievable as it was a Champion, that made her the kind of hero who could solve problems like this right?
Berry took the invitation, wrapping the icy ghost in a huge hug that had her shivering like she’d just grabbed a large block of fluffy ice. This did not stop her in the least. “If there are people causing trouble here then we can help! That’s what knights do and I’m used to dealing with invading people!” And she was getting even colder! She wondered if this is what it was like in those colder areas where it actually snowed.
Berry moved to let go before things got chillier but…. “Umm, I think my hands are frozen. And my cheek.” She wiggled again and – yep, couldn’t separate. This of course her Sunshine found hilarious given how the bug was vibrating on her back. “Hey, I’m sure this isn’t what they meant when they talked about getting frozen to cold objects! And no, you can't set me on fire, you'll hurt Frosslass.”
Sunshine snickered and started gradually raising Berry's temperature until she unstuck, her body still quite numb.
"Worth it."
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Post by Veinexes on Jun 26, 2018 2:35:39 GMT
Helia rushed to Berry's side and began rubbing the other girls numb arms. She had learned to combat cold and numbness while in the military in case anyone fell overboard, the sea being a cold place though maybe not so as the Ice Pokemon's touch. Froslass backed away giving the two space as she looked off, "Hmm... seems like someones fighting below." She mutter telepathically, "We were set here long ago to defend this place and test those who came through. If someone were to misuse what was here it could be tragic to say the least."
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Post by darkoda on Jun 26, 2018 3:41:13 GMT
“So this is what people mean when they talk about getting numb in snow. Tingly.” Berry’s brushing off of her near experience with frostbite had quite a lot to do with how she seemed fine now and had Helia rubbing warmth back into her arms. She was also shifting a lot of warmth to berry’s face, but she could live with that.
“Tests? Ah, would what is here have to do with why these caves are all frozen over? Oh! Do we need to go through those tests?”
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Post by Veinexes on Jul 2, 2018 1:57:28 GMT
Helia had to admit her impulsive move to Berry's side was a bit embarrassing, especially when she considered that they had an audience. Once she was sure that she was out of danger and cold she stopped and looked to the Pokemon, "I wonder that aswell, would we be subject to these tests?"
The Froslass looked to Berry and Helia before answering their questions. "These caves are this way to make a bed for the god sleeping in it's depths, our tests are to determine if you are worthy of meeting it. If you intend to proceed further then yes, you will be subject to them."
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Post by darkoda on Jul 2, 2018 3:52:20 GMT
A sleeping god? Well then, that was something she wasn't expecting to hear about today. That said.... "We'd be poor champions if we ran away from tests! Besides, we're going to need to head that way to find out who is causing everyone so much trouble."
For her part, Berry was both well used to ignoring embarrassment in the face of getting things done and she more importantly was quite happy to hold onto Helia's arm and see how cute her knight's reactions could get.
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Post by Veinexes on Jul 2, 2018 4:33:54 GMT
The Froslass smiled, she was glad these two trial goers as it were had resolve if not heart at least. "Very well if you don't mind following me I will take you to the trial area."
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Post by darkoda on Jul 6, 2018 2:33:03 GMT
"Woo! Onwards to adventure!" Berry was very obviously all for this, once again bouncing in place quite literally as she followed the Froslass
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Post by Veinexes on Jul 6, 2018 2:52:54 GMT
The trial area was actually not that far away from the house the two had visited. The large lake they had walked across seemed to hide a secret as the Froslass approached the center of the lake.
"Alright, let me explain my trial, it should be simple enough for you to complete I think." Placing a hand on the ice, Froslass begins to concentrate as the frozen water shakes and begins to shoot upward. a three tier mini mountain of ice now stood before the two. Floating to the top Froslass sat upon the precipice, "Your task is to reach me, if you can climb this tower and touch me you can pass and I will show you the way down."
Each tier rose at least 30ft ending at the summit, the ice reflecting the pair in it's sheen.
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Post by darkoda on Jul 6, 2018 3:07:04 GMT
Berry takes one look up at the large mountain of ice, pondering the situation a bit. "Hmm...I think that I might be able to jump up that high, and Sunshine can make ropes from her String Shot, her aim is really good.... There's also trying to make some stairs, between all of us we can carve our own path right up! And there's also any ideas you have Helia!"
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